A MCINTYRE JOINERY LTD

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SC368989 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£42.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43320Joinery installation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £42,531
Cash YoY
+179%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↑ 179% YoY
Net Worth
£43k
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Assets
£176k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£35k£71k£106k£141k£176kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£42.5k£41.0k
Current assets£176.4k£136.0k
Cash£6.6k£2.4k
Debtors£168.4k£132.1k
Net assets£42.5k£41.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-02
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  2. 2024-06-17
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  3. 2023-04-24
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  4. 2022-04-06
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  5. 2021-06-21
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  6. 2020-06-18
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  7. 2019-03-25
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  8. 2018-04-10
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  9. 2017-03-10
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  10. 2016-05-03
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  11. 2015-12-02
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  12. 2015-05-07
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2015-05-07
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2015-05-05
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  15. 2014-12-05
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  16. 2009-12-18
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    MCINTYRE, Sandra Russell appointed
    secretary
  17. 2009-12-18
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    MCINTYRE, Archibald appointed
    director
  18. 2009-12-18
    ➖
    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2009-12-18
    ➖
    CONNON, Roger Gordon resigned
    director
  20. 2009-12-18
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    RUTHERFORD, John Arthur Thomas resigned
    director
  21. 2009-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As A MCINTYRE JOINERY LTD
  22. 2009-11-23
    ➕
    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-11-23
    ➕
    CONNON, Roger Gordon appointed
    director
  24. 2009-11-23
    ➕
    RUTHERFORD, John Arthur Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCINTYRE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Archibald Mcintyre
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

2 Macdowall Street
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 2NB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCINTYRE, Sandra Russell→
secretary · appointed 2009-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTYRE, Archibald→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-11-23 · resigned 2009-12-18
Resigned
CONNON, Roger Gordon→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-11-23 · resigned 2009-12-18
Resigned
RUTHERFORD, John Arthur Thomas→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-11-23 · resigned 2009-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
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2025-06-02
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2024-11-25
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2024-06-17
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2023-11-23
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2023-04-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
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2022-04-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
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2021-06-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24
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2020-06-18
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2019-11-26
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2019-03-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-28